Dr Cheong Yun Yee
Lecturer
Tel : (65) 6467 5667 #602
Email : yunyee.cheong@sccl.sg
Educational Background
Visiting Predoctoral Fellow
Harvard Graduate School of Education, USA
PhD in Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment
University College London UCL, United Kingdom
MA in Chinese Studies (Research)
National University of Singapore, Singapore
BA (Hons) in Chinese Language and Literature
Peking University, China
PGDE (Distinction)
National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Certificate in Public Policy Analysis
London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
Specialist Diploma in Educational Assessment
Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board, Singapore
Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment
Workforce Development Agency, Singapore
Courses Conducted
- Language Testing and Assessment
- Sinophone Literature
- Teaching and Learning Chinese as a Second Language
- Chinese–English Contrastive Linguistics and Translation
Research Interests
- Language Testing and Assessment
- Reading Instruction and Curriculum
- Sinophone Literature
- Translation Studies
Teaching and Research Experience
- Singapore University of Social Sciences
Adjunct Lecturer and Consultant - National Institute of Education
Lecturer (Seconded from MOE) - Subject Head (Partnership)
- Secondary School Chinese Language Teacher
Other Professional Experiences
- Deputy Secretary
Singapore Association of Writers - Deputy Chairman
Tuas Literary Centre - Guest Columnist
Assessment for Learning Bulletin (Jointly published by SCCL, MOE and NIE)
Others (awards, contribution, etc)
- Listening Educator for Advancement and Progress Award (LEAP), 2025 (Commendation)
- MOE Service Excellence Award, 2024 (Silver)
- MOE Dare to Do Award, 2021
- Visiting Programme for Young Sinologists Award (Shanghai), 2019
- National Poetry Competition (Chinese Open Category) , 2016 (Gold), 2020 (Third Prize) and 2021 (Second Prize)
- Nominated for the British Educational Research Association (BERA) Doctoral Thesis Award, 2018
- Tan Kah Kee Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship, 2013
- Ministry of Education Postgraduate (PhD) Scholarship, 2013
- National University of Singapore Research Scholarship, 2003
- Public Service Commission Scholarship, 1999
- Liu Pek Kim Book Prize (Third in Both Languages, Nanyang Girls' High School), 1996